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Note: Simmons Insights is limited to 50 users at a time.

Simmons provides information on consumer usage behavior for all major media, more than 450 product categories and over 8,000 brands. And it includes in-depth demographic, psychographic, and lifestyle descriptions of all Americans, including the diverse Hispanic/Latino market, with an added sample of 8,000 Hispanics above and beyond the general market survey of 25,000 respondents. Additional Hispanic demographics, language preferences and media.

Note: Our subscription only allows for 10 users to log on at one time
In order to “Sign In” to SimplyMap, you need to create an account with SimplyMap first (use your @ohio.edu email address and whatever password you wish). This is optional, as you can just enter as a guest. Users who would like to save their work should “Create an Account.”
SimplyMap provides nation-wide data by state, county, ZIP code, census tract, and census block-group geographies. The following types of data are available in our SimplyMap subscription:

Demographic Variables
Population, Age, Race, Income, Ancestry, Marital Status, Housing, Employment, Transportation, Families, and more.
Business and Marketing Variables
Detailed Consumer Expenditure, Consumer Price Index, Quality of Life & Consumer Profiles, Business & Employee Counts by industry, and EASI© Market Segments & Life Stages.
Experian SimmonsLOCAL: a powerful targeting and profiling system that provides insights into consumer behavior for all of America’s 210 media markets on a local level with 60,000+ data variables, including over 450 categories and 8,000 specific brands.
Point Data
U.S. Business and Points-of-Interest (POI) data (over 4.5 million points) including legal name, business name, NAICS codes, address, telephone number, web address, and general description.
The Simmons Data Package covers hundreds of categories under general topics including but not limited to:
Lifestyle (Demographics & Statements)
Hispanics Only (Special Demographics & Media)
Computers/Internet
Media
Entertainment/Leisure
Travel
Food (Baking, Condiments, Dairy, Frozen, General, Meat & Snacks/Deserts)
Beverages (Alcoholic & Non-Alcoholic)
Daily Activity
Dining
Apparel
Shopping
Health & Beauty Aids
Medicine/Drugs/Ailments
Tobacco
Telecom
Financial Services
Household Products
Cleaning Products
Pets & Pet Food
Home Improvements
Home Furnishings & Appliances
Lawn & Garden
Electronics
Automotive

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